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As Nigeria prepares for general elections next year that promise to be one of the most keenly contested in its history, evidence is emerging that the economy faces a double whammy: an empty treasury and rapid decline. Government officials and business leaders knowledgeable about the situation say there have been concerns in Abuja and Lagos after an elected official drew the attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele, to the fact that Nigeria’s external reserves amount to only $15 billion,…

Food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy on Wednesday said it has introduced an industry-first Moonlighting policy, wherein employees can take up external projects for pro-bono or economic consideration based on internal approvals."This could encompass activity outside of office hours or on weekends that does not impact their productivity on the full-time job or have a conflict of interest with Swiggy's business in any way," a company release said.Moonlighting policy allows employees to work second jobs, outside normal…

Netflix is rolling out an update for its iOS app that adds an external subscription button, which redirects users to the Netflix website for completing their subscription process. Apple has been in the news for its practice of charging up to 30 percent commission on in-app transactions through the App Store. This eventually drove companies like Netflix and Spotify to remove the in-app subscription button. Prior to this update, the Netflix app on iOS only featured the 'Sign In' button; new users had to purchase the…

Netflix has reportedly started directing users on iPhone and iPad to an external webpage where they can sign up for the service, according to a report from 9to5Mac. The change comes just months after Apple started letting “reader” apps that provide access to digital content, like Netflix and Spotify, link out to account sign-up pages on their own websites. For as far back as 2018, Netflix didn’t provide an external signup link — or even tell users where they could sign up — in its iPhone and iPad apps. Users had to…

If you're a gamer then you have probably found the best deals on games are there when you buy digital copies. Along with that, services like Xbox Live Gold and PlayStation Plus guarantee you a couple of free games you can download each month. But with current generation games clocking in at 50GB or more, the 500GB hard drive in your Xbox One or PlayStation 4 starts to fill up really quickly.You're a little better off with a PlayStation 3 or an Xbox 360, where games will usually be under the 10GB mark, but the hard drives…

Steam is the place for PC games, but several games are only available on other storefronts. The Epic Games Store, Ubisoft Connect, Origin, and more have games that you can’t find on Steam. To clean up your desktop gaming experience and make the upcoming Steam Deck a little easier to use, we’re going to show you how to add external games to your Steam library. Although you can add almost any game to Steam, you won’t have access to social features or achievements. Instead, Steam allows you to connect apps so you can…

Pros Lovely, large display Kickstand for multi-angle viewing Solid aluminum construction Plenty of ports Solid battery life Cons Expensive Trackpad isn't great Weak speakers No keyboard backlightingSmartphones today are extremely powerful, and for those who don't run advanced applications, a phone can serve as their primary computing device. Despite the raw power of a smartphone, there is still a physical limitation of the display size that makes some work tough to complete on a phone screen.This is a solid…

Alienware Graphics Amplifier, an external GPU (eGPU) solution from Dell, is said to have been discontinued. The company first launched the Alienware Graphics Amplifier for select Alienware gaming laptops in 2014 and provided a proprietary connection port in newer laptops to use it. This year, the port is missing from the recently launched Alienware x15 R1, Alienware x17 R1, and Alienware m15 R6 gaming laptops among other models. At this point, it is unclear if the company is working on a newer version of the Alienware…

All online public services and government websites in Albania were closed on Sunday following a synchronised cyberattack from outside the country, the Albanian National Agency for the Information Society (AKSHI) said in a press statement."In order to withstand these unprecedented and dangerous strikes, we have been forced to close down government systems until the enemy attacks are neutralized," the statement read.According to AKSHI, the agency has been forced to close down the official websites of the government…

Source: iMore The Nintendo Switch Lite is just one iteration of the highly popular handheld console hybrid from Nintendo, except the Lite focuses only on the handheld part. It looks like the original Switch, but in a smaller, more compact form factor, and the Joy-Cons are built-in and not removable. It also doesn't let you play your games on the TV in Docked mode, so it's great for those who prefer to game on-the-go. But just because the Switch Lite has non-removable controllers doesn't mean you can't use other external…